Orange Business Services new NFC Service Center helps companies to implement and manage a wide range of NFC services.
It certainly true that, new mobile opportunities and the number of NFC
compatible devices (smart phones, payment terminals, etc.) continue to grow,
the development of NFC services
According to Orange Business Services, the French market is very
promising. Therefore, with its new NFC Service
Center, Orange Business Services aims to make it easier than ever for
companies to implement and
manage a wide range of NFC services.
This means, Orange
Business Services' NFC Service Center provides banks, companies and public
organizations a solution to virtualize all services provided by a card or bank
note on a SIM card, such as payment of transport fees, loyalty cards, access
badge, access to public infrastructures (swimming pools, libraries, etc.).
Connectikpeople has observed that, this new service relies on two TSM (Trusted
Service Manager) platforms interacting with all French mobile carriers and
NFC terminals:
- A highly secured platform dedicated to banking applications and payment services. Compliant with all international standards related to NFC payment security (this platform is already “Mastercard Certified”).
- A multi-service platform focused on transportation, commerce and loyalty, access control and facilities security.
Those two platforms are hosted and managed within Orange Business Service
redundant, certified, and highly secure data centers.
According to Orange Business Service, Service availability is guaranteed
through stringent service level agreements (SLAs), and the NFC Service Center
leverages a scalable and flexible infrastructure to respond and anticipate
changing business needs and international standards.
Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with
sales of 43.5 billion euros in 2012 and has 168,000 employees worldwide at 30
June 2013, including 103,000 employees in France. Present in 32 countries, the
Group has a total customer base of more than 231 million customers at 30 June
2013, including 174 million mobile customers and 15 million fixed broadband
customers worldwide. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and
telecommunication services to multinational companies, under the brand Orange
Business Services.
Orange is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris (symbol
ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol ORAN).
